inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt 
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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Sixteen other states have the same ability to cover inpatient mental health care, and 37 cover inpatient addiction treatment.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Adding inpatient hospital beds in North County is a significant regional priority as both Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside and Palomar have closed their units in recent years, requiring patients who need overnight treatment in locked facilities to travel south for care.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2017, four years after the Austin and Albert Lea hospitals merged into one entity, MCHS moved most of Albert Lea’s inpatient services to the Austin campus.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
And a June 2024 research analysis published in the journal BMC Medicine found a 25 percent reduction in mortality rates for patients who had been discharged early from an inpatient hospital stay into a hospital at home program.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Adding inpatient hospital beds in North County is a significant regional priority as both Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside and Palomar have closed their units in recent years, requiring patients who need overnight treatment in locked facilities to travel south for care.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
In 2017, four years after the Austin and Albert Lea hospitals merged into one entity, MCHS moved most of Albert Lea’s inpatient services to the Austin campus.
—Dené K. Dryden, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
And a June 2024 research analysis published in the journal BMC Medicine found a 25 percent reduction in mortality rates for patients who had been discharged early from an inpatient hospital stay into a hospital at home program.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Inpatient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inpatient. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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inpatient
noun
in·pa·tient
ˈin-ˌpā-shənt
: a hospital patient who receives lodging and food as well as treatment compare outpatient
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